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Which diseases are spread by flies and how?
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Solution
Following diseases are spread by flies; dysentery, cholera, typhoid, anthrax, etc. When a fly sits on contaminated material, harmful germs stick to its legs. When the same fly sits on food, the germs get transferred to the food. Thus, a fly spreads various diseases.
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